Why PPPs are evading Zimbabwe

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have stressed that Zimbabwe’s infrastructure gap requires investment amounting to $2 billion annually, following years of deprived investment and lack of maintenance.

The Zimbabwean government spent virtually nothing on infrastructure in 2009, $200 million in 2010, $300 million in 2011, $300 million 2012, $100 million in 2013, $200 million in 2014, $300 million in 2015, $500 million in 2016 and about $300 million in 2017, despite the huge deficit in this segment.

Some of Zimbabwe’s unfinished projects which are key include dualisation of the Harare-Masvingo Highway, Harare-Chitungwiza Railway, Gwanda Solar Project, Gwayi-Shangani and Kunzvi dams, Batoka Gorge Hydropower project and upgrades to all border posts linking Zimbabwe to the region.

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